The sad fact is that there are a lot of “medical professionals” like Dr. Sears in the US who aren’t *technically* anti-vax, but basically espouse that vaccines can be dangerous and modified schedules are safer for kids (they’re not). A friend of mine is a nurse, and there are more than a few nurses who are anti-vax or who believe in modified schedules, which also support the wacky anti-vaxxers arguments.
It’s really, really hard to actually change minds about this, and making fun might make us feel better, and feel superior, but I’m not sure it’s helping in the long run. There are better ways to engage and argue, but I don’t know how well those things work either.
Slightly off topic, but the “personal freedoms” argument has been around since vaccines have, even when smallpox was killing millions and variolation was being done by gunpoint.
edit: the last series from the Behind the Bastards podcast is really helpful if you want to understand the history of the anti-vax movement in the US.
Just realised how dangerous it is to have a huge number of un-vaccinated people congregate together like this. It’s like the exact opposite of herd immunity. **I hope no-one brought their kids.**
Edit to embolden the relevant part. Stop replying with the same comment.
Anyone watching should checkout his other series, LewReview. It’s very similar to Content Cop in the regard that he reviews other YouTubers and calls them out on their bullshit, but with his own sense of humour and style, it’s one of my favourite series on YT!
After watching some of the flat-earth docco on Netflix last night, there seems to be a pretty basic formua behind all this:
1. Find an idea that you desperately want to cling to – a cause to define your otherwise unremarkable persona
2. Find evidence to support your cause
3. Discount and refute any evidence against – no matter what
4. Surround yourself with like-minded people
5. Work that echo chamber until you’re all lathered into a frenzy
5. You’re living in your own world now – fuck the rest of the world
EDIT: For the peeps asking, it’s “Behind The Curve” on Netflix
EDIT 2: Hey my first ever gold, thank you! I’ll use it to buy more tinfoil hats
“Why would a doctor be here?”
True because they wouldn’t be an anti-Vaxer
My favourite part though “you a vet?”
“Is that research part of a 6 year doctorate? Or mostly google searches?”
I’m stealing this.
Are you here to be anti vax or just be from the matrix?
Anti-vaccination, flat earth, QAnon…these people are all idiots.
This video was previously uploaded on his secondary channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR9a-zxtS5A
Original thread:
https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/6ikvol/lewis_spears_searches_for_doctors_at_an_antivax/
As you can see, nobody here has any clue what the fuck they’re talking about
hahaha. This was great.
I like how the anti-vaxxers get insulted when he asks if theres a doctor at the rally.
They know they are in the wrong but keep going anyways lol
I like how on the first poster board he showed, they misspelled vaccines, “vacines”.
The sad fact is that there are a lot of “medical professionals” like Dr. Sears in the US who aren’t *technically* anti-vax, but basically espouse that vaccines can be dangerous and modified schedules are safer for kids (they’re not). A friend of mine is a nurse, and there are more than a few nurses who are anti-vax or who believe in modified schedules, which also support the wacky anti-vaxxers arguments.
It’s really, really hard to actually change minds about this, and making fun might make us feel better, and feel superior, but I’m not sure it’s helping in the long run. There are better ways to engage and argue, but I don’t know how well those things work either.
Slightly off topic, but the “personal freedoms” argument has been around since vaccines have, even when smallpox was killing millions and variolation was being done by gunpoint.
edit: the last series from the Behind the Bastards podcast is really helpful if you want to understand the history of the anti-vax movement in the US.
My favorite part is when that lady started talking about “natural therapies” and the moron score went from 4 to 204 lmao
Melbourne surprisingly has a big naturopath thing going on. I keep seeing ads for their courses here.
“Is anyone here a doctor?”
“FUCK YOU!!”
“DICK!”
Thanks Neo.
Just realised how dangerous it is to have a huge number of un-vaccinated people congregate together like this. It’s like the exact opposite of herd immunity. **I hope no-one brought their kids.**
Edit to embolden the relevant part. Stop replying with the same comment.
The moron counter didnt go up when he asked the dog if it was a doctor, its so realistic
Anyone watching should checkout his other series, LewReview. It’s very similar to Content Cop in the regard that he reviews other YouTubers and calls them out on their bullshit, but with his own sense of humour and style, it’s one of my favourite series on YT!
>”Are you a Doctor?”
>Doctors: 0
>Morons: 3
>”No”
>Doctors: 0
>Morons: 4
>”In… err… Natural therapies…”
>Doctors: 0
>Morons: 204
😂
Didn’t know australia was infected with this bullshit.
“IS ANYBODY HERE A FUCKING DOCTOR!”
Eric Idle is looking well
“Why would a doctor be here?”
“No, that’s true, ther… you are right, there wouldn’t be a doctor here. My mistake.”
Do you think the woman who screamed “Why would a doctor be here?!” will ever have that “oh, wait” moment of self-actualisation
After watching some of the flat-earth docco on Netflix last night, there seems to be a pretty basic formua behind all this:
1. Find an idea that you desperately want to cling to – a cause to define your otherwise unremarkable persona
2. Find evidence to support your cause
3. Discount and refute any evidence against – no matter what
4. Surround yourself with like-minded people
5. Work that echo chamber until you’re all lathered into a frenzy
5. You’re living in your own world now – fuck the rest of the world
EDIT: For the peeps asking, it’s “Behind The Curve” on Netflix
EDIT 2: Hey my first ever gold, thank you! I’ll use it to buy more tinfoil hats
“Is there a doctor here?” “Fuck you!”
Is being a doctor a personal attack or something?